Narrative:
No.1 engine failure on climb out. The prop was not feathered, causing the aircraft to enter a stall. The aircraft came down in Guanabara Bay.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Port engine failure for reasons undetermined. 2) Error of judgement by the pilot in not feathering the port propeller."
Loss of control
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 21 February 1952 |
| Time: | 14:10 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Varig |
| Registration: | PP-VCB |
| MSN: | 26641 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Guanabara Bay, RJ ( Brazil)
|
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
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No.1 engine failure on climb out. The prop was not feathered, causing the aircraft to enter a stall. The aircraft came down in Guanabara Bay.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Port engine failure for reasons undetermined. 2) Error of judgement by the pilot in not feathering the port propeller."
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» Folha da Manha 21 February 1952Photos
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